By james art
WEST MIAMI – A teenager from West Miami who was reported missing earlier this week, has been found.
West Miami police say 14-year-old Alyssa Mariela Gonzalez Velasquez was found with another girl who also ran away from her Hialeah home.
On Monday, Velasquez’s mother, Lisandra Velasquez-Dopaso, asked the public for help in finding her daughter, saying she has he never left the house so in the past.
“I’m very worried. I don’t know if she’s in a good place or a bad place, if she’s lost. I’m thinking the worst. Please look at the picture. If you see it, help us and contact the police,” she said.
“The biggest fear is that she has never left us before. He usually doesn’t like to go out. He’s always at home. I wish he was here. Right next to me,” said the teenager’s father, Allen Gonzalez. Milan added.
West Miami Police Detective Richard Menor said Monday that the video showed Velazquez leaving her parents’ apartment at 2201 SW 67 Avenue around 7:30 p.m. Sunday with few clothes on.
“She looked like she was in a hurry and took the stairs,” Menor said. “She was wearing a black tank top, brown pants and purple flip-flops. She is not known to have done this. She has no history as a runaway and no mental illness.’
He said they tried to call her but her mobile phone was switched off.
“We are concerned because of her age and in the video you see her leaving in a pair of shorts and according to her mother she has no access to money. We would like to bring her home to give her parents peace of mind that she is safe at home,” Menor.
Police said Velasquez has been returned to her parents.
Peter D’Oench
